Making Of An Ophthalmic Surgeon

The Education of an Ophthalmic Surgeon.

DEAR SIRS,---Dr. Gayer Morgan's letter in your last issue and many written and verbally transmitted agreements with my postgraduate lecture on the education of an ophthalmic surgeon have convinced me that I have seemingly not pointed out clearly enough what I wanted to express. No criticisi of British or any other kind 'of clinical education was intended. I quoted the British conditions only as...

Is stereopsis essential to be a competent ophthalmic surgeon

No study was found which could directly answer the above question, indeed there were hardly any studies of stereoscopic vision in ophthalmologists at all. There was however a prospective study correlating stereo-vision of dental students, on admission to the course, with subsequent performance in preclinical operative dentistry which showed that a high degree of stereopsis as assessed by the TN...

The making of a surgeon revisited.

Ophthalmic Suture: Making Each Bite Count.

From the Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University, New York, New York. The author has no financial or proprietary interest in the materials presented herein. Correspondence: Steven E. Brooks, MD, Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, Columbia University, 635 West 165th Street, New York, NY 10032. E-mail: [email protected] doi:10.3928/01913913-20170705-01 Ophthalmic Suture: Making Ea...

The making of a head and neck surgeon.

T he unique nature of a presidential address is that it gives one an unrestricted chance to share one’s view on a subject with the organization’s membership. The topics chosen by speakers usually reflect their creativity and provide them with an opportunity to be philosophic, professorial, and prophetic in promoting their opinions on a given subject. This year marks a unique time-the beginning ...